Motivation

As of June 2026, the following versions have reached end of life:

Source: https://laravelversions.com/en

Laravel 12 (minimum supported going forward) requires PHP 8.2, so PHP 8.1 support can also be dropped.

Currently supported Laravel versions:

Code to remove or simplify

src/Schema/BlueprintLaravelCompatibility.php

The if (! property_exists(BaseBlueprint::class, 'connection')) conditional trait exists solely to support Laravel 10/11. With Laravel 12+ as the minimum, the entire if branch can be removed and the trait reduced to its else body.

src/Connection.php

Both getDefaultQueryGrammar() and getDefaultSchemaGrammar() contain method_exists($grammar, 'setConnection') guards because setConnection() was removed in Laravel 12. Remove both conditional blocks.

src/Query/BuilderTimeout.php

Conditional trait that defines the timeout() method and $timeout property only on older Laravel versions. Can be removed entirely.

src/Eloquent/DocumentModel.php

getStorableEnumValueFromLaravel11() method has a @todo Remove this method when support for Laravel 10 is dropped comment. Remove and call the framework method directly.

src/Concerns/ManagesTransactions.php

runCallbacksBeforeTransaction() contains a property_exists(Connection::class, 'beforeStartingTransaction') guard with a // ToDo: remove conditional once we stop supporting Laravel 10.x comment. Remove the guard.

Tests

• tests/Ticket/GH3328Test.php: Remove beforeStartingTransactionIsSupported() helper and all its call sites
• tests/Query/GrammarTest.php and tests/Query/BuilderTest.php: Remove method_exists($grammar, 'setConnection') conditionals

composer.json

Tighten version constraints:

• "php": "^8.1" to "^8.2"
• All "illuminate/*": "^10.36|^11|^12|^13.0" to "^12|^13.0"
• "orchestra/testbench": "^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0" to "^10.0|^11.0"

PHPStan improvements

Removing these compatibility shims eliminates several PHPStan baseline suppressions and resolves non-ignorable errors (e.g. property.missingNativeType on BlueprintLaravelCompatibility.php).